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RHOMBOID

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade

Synonyms:

rhomboid; rhomboid muscle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("rhomboid" is a kind of...):

skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rhomboid"):

greater rhomboid muscle; musculus rhomboideus major; rhomboideus major muscle (rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the spinal column)

lesser rhomboid muscle; musculus rhomboideus minor; rhomboid minor muscle (rhomboid muscle that draws the scapula toward the vertebral column and slightly upward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("rhomboid" is a kind of...):

parallelogram (a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are both parallel and equal in length)

Derivation:

rhomboid; rhomboidal (shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid

Example:

rhomboidal shapes

Synonyms:

rhomboid; rhomboidal

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

rhomboid (a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal)

Derivation:

rhomboid (a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal)

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